Michigan man dubbed great impostor charged with identity theft

DETROIT – Authorities say a Detroit-area man who inspired a 1989 award-winning film about impersonating others is in trouble again for being someone else.

William Douglas Street Jr. is charged in federal court with fraud and identity theft. Agents investigating bad checks say they caught Street with documents and a white doctor's coat with the name of a Maryland man, William Benn Stratton.

He was the inspiration for "Chameleon Street," which won a prize at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival. The News says Street has two dozen convictions and even fooled the Detroit Tigers into giving him a tryout in the 1970s.